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Fast Forward Ex-Adviser Turns State’s Witness Against Netanyahu In Corruption Investigation
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A former media advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family has turned state’s witness in a corruption investigation, which could strengthen the case against the prime minister. Nir Hefetz signed the state’s witness agreement on Sunday night, the Israel Police said in a statement on Monday afternoon. Hefetz was released…
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Fast Forward New Jewish Agency Institute Will Prepare Israeli Emissaries For Their Work
(JTA) — The Jewish Agency has established an institute to prepare Israeli emissaries for their work. The Shlichut Institute, which will be launched on Wednesday in New York, will provide the shlichim, or emissaries with training, tools and technology to help them before they leave for their service, during their service and after. Natan Sharansky,…
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Fast Forward Iranian Wrestling Chief Resigns Over Forfeit Policy Against Israeli Athletes
(JTA) — The head of Iran’s Wrestling Federation resigned over the country’s policy of forcing its athletes to forfeit matches against Israeli opponents. Rasoul Khadem, a former Olympic gold and bronze medalist and two-time world champion, reportedly announced his resignation last week, though reports say that it was rejected by the Ministry of Sport and…
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Fast Forward IDF Soldiers Hanged In Effigy In Jerusalem Ultra-Orthodox Neighborhoods
(JTA) — Two effigies of Israeli soldiers with a rope around their necks were hung in predominantly Haredi areas of Jerusalem, in what Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said was a “shocking” criminal act. Police officers on Friday removed the effigies, one of which was soaked in flammable fluid, from a rooftop in Jerusalem’s Me’a She’arim…
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Fast Forward Three Israeli Security Officers Injured In Suspected Car-Ramming Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israeli soldiers and a border police officer were injured in a suspected car-ramming attack in the northern city of Acre. The driver of an SUV late on Sunday morning hit a Border Police officer near the city’s central market, and then hit two Israeli soldiers near the city’s train station. The…
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Fast Forward Bill Would Codify $38B In Defense Aid For Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan bill timed for AIPAC’s annual conference would codify into law the memorandum of understanding signed in 2016 by Israel and the United States guaranteeing Israel $38 billion in defense assistance over 10 years. The bill introduced Friday is sponsored by two Middle East policy leaders in the U.S. House of…
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Community The Jew-Free State Solution
In a recent solicitation email, J Street President Jeremy Ben Ami proclaimed that the “Palestinians are the only party willing to publicly endorse the goal of two states for two peoples.” Referencing Abbas’ speech to the United Nations Security Council, Ben Ami claimed that “Abbas laid out explicit support for the two-state solution and put…
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Fast Forward Prince William To Visit Israel In Reversal Of Decades-Long Royal Boycott
(JTA) — In a break with what many believe is a decades-long unofficial boycott of Israel, the British Royal House announced what appears to be a state visit to the Jewish homeland by one of its senior-most members, Prince William, whose official title is the Duke of Cambridge. The announcement on March 1 on the…
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